Editing Baiuvarii (section)

==Genetics==
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A genetic study published in the ''[[Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America]]'' in 2018 examined the remains of 41 individuals buried at a Bavarian cemetery ca. 500 AD. Of these, 11 whole genomes were generated. The males were found to be genetically homogeneous and of [[Northern Europe|north]]-[[central Europe]]an origin. The females were less homogeneous, carried less Northern European ancestry, and were found to combine [[Southeast Europe]]an and [[East Asia]]n ancestry.<ref name="Veeramah" />

There were significant gender differences in skin, hair and eye pigmentation in the sample. While 80% of the Bavarii males had [[blond]] hair and [[blue eyes]], the women had much higher rates of brown eyes and darker hair colors. The local women with [[East Asia]]n and Southern European-related ancestry, generally had brown eyes, and 60% were dark haired.{{efn|Veeramah et al: "Based on the HIrisPlex system (13), the majority (~80%) of individuals with normal or intermediate skulls (and thus northern/central European ancestry) showed high probabilities for blue eyes and blonde hair (SI Appendix, Fig. S7 A and B); in contrast, the majority of women with deformed skulls had a high likelihood for brown eyes (80% of individuals), and both brown and blonde hair (~60% and 40% of individuals, respectively) were represented in the sample."<ref name= "Veeramah" />}}{{efn|Veeramah et al: "While the immigrant females would have been clearly distinguishable physically among the local population based on the combination of their enlarged crania as well as their different eye, hair, and perhaps even skin pigmentation patterns, it is noteworthy that their assemblies of grave goods appear to reflect both local customs and more distant material cultures (10)."<ref name="Veeramah" />}}

No significant admixture with Roman populations from territories further south of the area was detected.{{efn|Veeramah et al: " It is perhaps surprising that no local individual was found to share recent common genetic ancestry with a Roman soldier living in the same area ~200 y earlier. The analysis of his genome identifies him to be of southwest European origin. Thus, our results, though only based on one sample, argue against significant admixture between any Roman populations from more southern parts of the former Roman Empire and our individuals buried in Bavaria around 500 AD."<ref name="Veeramah" />}} Among modern populations, the surveyed male individuals did not have modified skulls and were found to be most closely related to modern-day [[Germans]].{{efn|Veeramah et al: "A population assignment analysis (PAA) at the level of individual modern nation states suggested greatest genetic similarity of these normal-skulled individuals with modern Germans, consistent with their sampling location (Fig. 4 A and B and SI Appendix, Table S35)."<ref name= "Veeramah" />}}